Catherine the Great was born Sophie Auguste Frederike von Anhalt-Zerbst.
Catherine the Great had two children, Anna Petrovna and Tsar Paul I. See attached links for pictures that I could find...
Catherine the Great allowed the boyars to increase their strangle hold on Russian peasants. She took firm action to represent the peasants, and as a result the conditions for the peasants worsened.
Russia
Catherine II of Russia, also known as Catherine the Great, had two children, Paul of Russia and Alexis Bobrinsky. Alexis Bobrinsky was born out of wedlock. she also had a daughter who died as a baby Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna
In 1745,Catherine the Great married then Grand Duke Peter Romanov. He became Tsar Peter III in 1762. He also became dead later in 1762, when Catherine, her lover and some friends had Peter murdered so she could become Empress.
Anna Petrovna was the daughter of Catherine II of Russia (also called Catherine the Great) and Peter III of Russia, who was Czar for six months in 1762 before he was assassinated.
in what year did Catherine the Great become emress of Russia?
Catherine the Great became the leader of Russia after her friends murdered her husband, Peter III, to put her in power.
Catherine II (the Great), born Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhalt-Zerbst, became the Empress of Russia in 1762.
16th great grandfather
To say "great grandfather" with 11 greats, write the word "great" eleven times and then write the word "grandfather." Some people say "eleventh great grandfather."
Catherine Middleton and Prince William met at St. Andrews University in Scotland. They both became great friends early on and as William has said it "blossomed from then on."